"Director: Olivier Ducastel"

• Theo & Hugo | Blu Ray | (05/12/2016) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Théo and Hugo encounter each other's bodies one night in a Paris sex club. Wanting to know more about each other, they leave the club and drift down the deserted streets of nocturnal Paris. Suddenly they find themselves confronted by a sense of reality that wipes out their freedom and lends each step an existential helplessness. Do they want to know more about each other? Will their trust be rewarded? What are their expectations? Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau (Drôle de Félix, Born in 68) deliver their most ambitious film yet, displaying a consummate sensitivity in bringing us closer to two men as they strive for intimacy in spite of being stalled by their insecurity.

• Born in 68 | DVD | (25/01/2010) from £8.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  French super model and acclaimed actress Laetitia Casta stars in this epic celebration of free love and youthful rebellion. The young student Catherine finds herself caught up in the excitement of May '68 riots where her idealistic classmates fight on the streets for equality and change. Alongside fellow students Herve and Yves played by celebrated actor Yannick Renier they move to the countryside in the hope of establishing a communal utopia. However the years of free love are short-lived as their ambitions and desires leads to choices that will tear them apart. Decades later Catherine and Yves' children are maturing into rebellious adults just like their parents before them. Yet they exist in an entirely different world where the fear of socialism is fading and the devastating effects of AIDS threaten to wipe out an entire generation. As the cracks in their family relations begin to surface Catherine struggles to keep everyone together. Relationships are severed and reconciled against the backdrop of a series of political and historical events that changed the world for ever. A masterful and sensitive performance from Casta makes her one of France's hottest new stars.

• Theo & Hugo | DVD | (05/12/2016) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Théo and Hugo encounter each other's bodies one night in a Paris sex club. Wanting to know more about each other, they leave the club and drift down the deserted streets of nocturnal Paris. Suddenly they find themselves confronted by a sense of reality that wipes out their freedom and lends each step an existential helplessness. Do they want to know more about each other? Will their trust be rewarded? What are their expectations? Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau (Drôle de Félix, Born in 68) deliver their most ambitious film yet, displaying a consummate sensitivity in bringing us closer to two men as they strive for intimacy in spite of being stalled by their insecurity.

• Drole De Felix | DVD | (23/04/2001) from £15.25   |  Saving you £2.74 (17.97%)   |  RRP £17.99

  If the idea of a French, subtitled, gay, soul-searching road film doesn't exactly sound like your cup of tea, think again: Drole de Felix is a film that will transcend any barrier. Felix of the title is a young, gay French Arab who decides to travel south from Normandy to Marseilles in search of the father who abandoned him before he was born. His journey (mainly by hitchhiking but also by slightly less legal means) forms the bulk of the film's storyline, combined with a handful of characters who become brief but important parts of his life. Sami Bouajili carries the film magnificently, switching effortlessly from the lighter, comedic moments (of which there are many, including a surprising amount regarding the character's HIV-positive status) to Felix's search for self. There is a rather unnecessary subplot concerning a witnessed murder, but even it has a moving conclusion. On paper, perhaps, not the most enticing of prospects, Drole de Felix is, in it's own quiet way, a gem. --Phil Udell

• Cockles & Muscles | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A pleasurable comedy of love and sexual identity unfurls over a balmy summer holiday. Marc (Gilbert Melki) takes his wife Batrix (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) and their two children to the seaside house of his youth. The Mediterranean wind blows and the heat of summer strokes their passions and desires. Nineteen-year-old daughter Laura has a rendez-vous with her biker boyfriend and then heads off to Spain while their son Charly 17 roams with his best friend Martin. Batrix is sensitive to the erotically charged atmosphere that exists between the boys and imagines that her son is gay. Marc meanwhile is upset at the prospect of it although Batrix is determined to be open. When Batrix's lover Mathieu shows up and Marc's old flame appears complications ensue and chaos develops.